Chapter 10 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'll be darned if you are. Come and have a drink!" "No, thanks, I've other things to do." "Oh, rot! Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.
Chapter 10 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"I'll be darned if you are.”
take in liquids
From this reading “Come and have a drink!"”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.”
a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
From this reading “"Oh, rot!”
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.”
move an implement through
From this reading “Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “"No, thanks, I've other things to do."”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “"No, thanks, I've other things to do."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Come and have a drink!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come and have a drink!"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I'll be darned if you are.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'll be darned if you are.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come and have a drink!"
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "I'll be darned if you are.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "No, thanks, I've other things to do."
take in liquids
From this reading Come and have a drink!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Come and have a drink!"
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll be darned if you are.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, thanks, I've other things to do."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I'll be darned if you are.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, thanks, I've other things to do."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, rot!
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "No, thanks, I've other things to do."
a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
From this reading "Oh, rot!
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.
move an implement through
From this reading Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading "No, thanks, I've other things to do."
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading "No, thanks, I've other things to do."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No, thanks, I've other things to do."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Be a sport and stay and help us to stir things up.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'll be darned if you are.
Chapter 10 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 10 holds 404 sentences of The Sins of the Children: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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